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Jason Rosenbaum @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

BREAKING: The Missouri Supreme Court has placed the redistricting referendum on the ballot. It has also barred the use of the 2025 map in the general election. The 2022 map that almost guarantees Emanuel Cleaver's victory will be in effect. ENORMOUS

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Again, the point at which Democrats needed to burn it all down & stop the authoritarianism in its tracks was December 12, 2000, when the Wizards In Robes decided that people's votes didn't need to be counted. Everything since has been the inevitable outcome of that levee breaking.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Whatever could be said about that claim when he made it in 1962, it soon became undeniable that government vaccine research, distribution, and mandates are objectively among the greatest achievements of civilization. Claiming otherwise is embarrassing, it's like saying you don't wash your hands.

Chart of the polio vaccine obliterating polio

chart of the measles vaccine smashing measles into bits

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

As always: if there's any class of people who do not have due process rights, then *nobody* has due process rights, because the government can just claim someone is in that class and there's no process to establish otherwise.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 10/07/2026

Graham Platner finally files withdrawal paperwork. Dems can now officially pick a replacement. x.com/hollyotterbe...

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Thank the gods. NOW he’s officially out.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It’s been six months since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Here is how the federal government has stonewalled investigations, and how Minnesota law enforcement is attempting to push for accountability anyway

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The Death of Renee Good Has Yet to Be Properly Investigated

Six months after she and Alex Pretti were shot on the streets of Minneapolis, little has come of the probes into their killings.

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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Bro what are you doing? SCOTUS was only 1 vote short of usurping the clear and unambiguous language of the document by judicial diktat Taking a victory lap for that is grim

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

2 more thoughts on birthright: 1. The movement to overturn Roe and Humphrey's Executor was built over decades. It took an enormous amount of effort to manufacture that sense of scholarly viability (see: Teles, Hollis-Brusky). The right got 5-4 on birthright with a sloppy last-minute scramble

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The thing you need to understand is that there are 2 (TWO) different method for amending the constitution 1) The process laid out in the constititon itself (conventions, or 2/3's of both houses followed by 3/4 of states ratifying) OR 2) find five votes on the Supreme Court.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Trans rights are human rights always and forever.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The Birthright citizenship ruling should be a wake up call to any Dem who is still on the fence about court reform. We are essentially one seat change away from the Court undoing Reconstruction by fiat.

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We are ruled by the Council of Nine. They rule for life & are completely unaccountable. Their agent, the president, is empowered to enact their will but will be placed on a short leash when he displeases them. Congress can raise and appropriate funds the president can use or not to his liking.

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Dante @dantecade.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Obviously it’s good the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship but the decision was effectively 5-4 The fact we are one vote away from the destruction of America as we know it isnt exactly heartening.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

This is a dangerous pattern with this Court: They find a delegation paired with a constraint, decide they don’t like the constraint, but appear totally untroubled by the idea that Congress delegated the power only *because* prior precedent assured them their constraints would be binding.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

When you said entirely correct things like this c.2019 - that 🇺🇸 is not remotely a full democracy, the GOP is a far right authoritarian party, & the Wizards in Robes were akin to 🇮🇷's Guardian Council - people got really angry with you. But you were right. It's good more people are recognizing this.

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Dante @dantecade.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Feels like a good time to remind people that Jonathan Ross killed Renee Good & should be indicted (and convicted) for murder

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

State legislatures? Gerrymandered. The House? Gerrymandered. The Senate? Malapportioned. The presidency? Malapportioned. The courts? Largely beyond any kind of popular control. Governorships are still okay, I guess, but that's it. And now we're extinguishing black representation again

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Dante @dantecade.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

My philosophy for every March madness tournament when Syracuse doesn’t make the cut

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

look, I've heard people claim that Al Gore would have invaded Iraq and that Hilary Clinton would have put anti-abortion justices on the Supreme Court. 'the imaginary version of the Democrats in my head' is always going to win for some people really committed to the 'both parties are the same' crap.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 17/02/2026

The difference between a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant is the difference between a $20 bill and a napkin that a fascist wrote "twenty dollars" on.

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

NEW: Virginia Dems have unveiled their proposed 10-1 congressional map in response to GOP gerrymanders in other states. It targets 4 Republicans & has 10 Harris seats. It will be used in 2026 contingent upon an April 21 voter referendum. Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/join/20e0049...

Image of a Virginia Democrats' proposed congressional map that is drawn to elect a ten-to-one Democratic majority and flip four Republican seats in 2026. The district lines are displayed over top of a basemap with major roads and cities labeled. The districts are colored by the 2024 presidential winner's margin of victory, with Kamala Harris districts in blue and Donald Trump districts in red. Darker shades represent larger margins of victory. An embedded chart shows the 2024 presidential election results and the adult population racial demographics in each district.

Kamala Harris won 10 of the 11 districts, while Black voters would retain their ability to elect their preferred candidates in Districts 3 and 4, which remain safely Democratic.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 11/01/2026

If calling a state secret police agent a murderer for committing murder will lead to more murder by the state secret police, it sure seems like the problem is with the secret police

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

~<Every single institution> we have is counter-majoritarian: - A hyper-gerrymanded House - A hyper-malapportioned Senate with staggered elections - FPTP SMDs in a continent-wide country with our urban/rural population distribution - The EC Stop it. We need <checks on counter-majoritarianism>

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Via IG: moneyballmemes2011. www.instagram.com/p/DSqEY_rgUnx/

Santa, this is Rudolph. He is one of the most undervalued reindeer in the North Pole. His only defect is he has a red nose.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

[Narrator: they lost 13 seats]

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Dante @dantecade.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Um what? Pretty sure state AG (Ellison) outranks mayor (Mamdani) but love them both www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

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Update from Emma Fitzsimmons

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Hawaiʻi license plates will now include the ʻokina.

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Dante @dantecade.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Did this work when Neville Chamberlain tried it?

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Fascinating paper. "In eight of the twelve cases under study, inequality was trending downward in the years before the elections that brought to power leaders who moved against democracy."

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Micah @rincewind.run · 06/11/2024

“if she’d just done X she would have won” no I have plenty of critiques of the campaign but ultimately the entire god damn country just went right by five points at least, everywhere, despite whatever you call Trump’s campaign none of us know how she could have won and that’s the problem

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 06/11/2024

This from Jill Filipovic sums it up for me: "In the coming days there's gonna be a lot of opining about what the Harris campaign did wrong, but this election was not an indictment of Kamala Harris. It was an indictment of America."

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Dante @dantecade.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Need to keep track of when polls close in different states on Election Day? @thedownballot.bsky.social has a handy map for that!

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

2004: Red Sox break an historic World Series drought, Republicans win the presidency 2016: Cubs break an historic World Series drought, Republicans win the presidency 2024: Guardians are trying to break an historic World Series drought. Go Yankees. For Kamala.

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Craig Freeman @cafreema.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

A horrifying and vital read. End capital punishment. It is cruel and unusual, never humane, racially imposed, and doesn’t even act as the deterrent it’s supposed to be. Also, this article is yet another demonstration of the vital role of local, independent journalism.

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 15/08/2024

We're *elated* to announce our biggest news in the 21 years we've been covering elections: Daily Kos Elections is striking out on its own as an independent site called The Downballot! 🧵 www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...

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Daily Kos Elections is becoming a new site: The Downballot

We are elated to announce our biggest news in the 21 years since we began covering elections: Daily Kos Elections is striking out on its own as an independent site called The Downballot ! If you're ....

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Dante @dantecade.bsky.social · 07/08/2024

Made my semi annual $100 donation to house Dems. This time I split it 4 ways between CA-22, NY-22, MI-10, and VA-02!

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Dante @dantecade.bsky.social · 28/06/2024

3>>>>4>5>2>>1 in terms of practicality and time it takes to fix the problem

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Dante @dantecade.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

Buys a bunch of cat food -> spends enough $ I get a free lemon tea -> arrives home puts down tea for a second -> cat knocks over tea and spills it everywhere

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 03/06/2024

Newsletter: Tech's hyper-growth era is ending. Almost every major web platform has seen traffic declines since 2021, and the industry is getting desperate as it realizes there aren't any massive new markets left- and generative AI isn't the next big thing. www.wheresyoured.at/rotcombubble/

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The Rot-Com Bubble

If you enjoy this post, why not subscribe to my podcast Better Offline? This week's a two parter that further expands on the Rot-Com Bubble, coming out Wednesday and Friday. The noxious growth-at-all...

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Dante @dantecade.bsky.social · 24/02/2024

Reading about the five main ways of detecting exoplanets for a presentation about planets & Microlensing is by far the craziest one. www.planetary.org/articles/spa...

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Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com · 05/02/2024

DOCTOR: The great clown Pagliacci is in town. Go see him, he'll cheer you right up. INSURANCE COMPANY: most we can cover is a 10 minute telehealth call with Ronald McDonald

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Dante @dantecade.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

I usually save my donations for the general, but Kim is such a promising future dem star and Murphy such an uninspiring nepotism machine candidate I had to made an exception for this one. Proud to be one of the many small dollar Kim donors!

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Dante @dantecade.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Interesting split in the Colorado disqualification case: all three dissenting justices went to law school at the University of Denver, while the four justices in the majority all went to different out of state schools (Harvard, Yale, Penn, & UVA)

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Dante @dantecade.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

According to Wikipedia, Kissinger was Benjamin Button

Screenshot of Kissenger’s Wikipedia page showing that he was born as a 100 year old and died as a one day old

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